THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CYCLING HABITS OF CHILDREN IN EDUCATION AGE WHEN ENSURING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR ULAŞIMIN SAĞLANMASINDA EĞİTİM ÇAĞI ÇOCUKLARIN BİSİKLET KULLANIM ALIŞKANLIKLARININ ÖNEMİ - KONYA ÖRNEĞİ

Author : Sedef ERYİĞİT -Ümmügülsüm TER
Number of pages : 159-169

Abstract

One of the important fields of sustainable transportation intending to provide permanent resolutions for urban transportation problems by pursuing future generations is the support for bicycle transportation. One of the most important strategies on using bicycle for transportation is to make instillation on bicycle use habit for young people. Due to the fact that cycling requires much physical strength, children in educational age are advantageous in terms of their cycling habits. The purpose of this study is to improve sustainable transportation, enabling children in educational age to acquire a cycling habit. There are 117 questionnaires conducted throughout Konya province in order to determine the cycling habits of children in educational age. As a result of the questionnaires conducted, the problems why cycling by the children in educational age is limited are determined and the reasons why they don’t prefer cycling are stated and, suggestions are made to increase cycling use by the children in their educational age in accordance with the findings obtained.

Keywords

Sustainable transportation, bicycle transportation, habits, age factor, Konya.

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